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McCain Portrays Obama as Scary Mystery

By TChris

John McCain's strategy of the day tacitly accepts voter disapproval of his Bush-like positions on the important issues. Even if you think my ideas are bad, he seems to be saying, at least you know who I am. That Obama, we know nothing about him. Doesn't that scare you even more than I do?

The Arizona senator, a veteran of more than two decades in Congress, told his audience that while he is a known quantity the same cannot be said about Obama, who is midway through his first term as a senator from Illinois.

"You need to know who you're putting in the White House — where the candidate came from and what he or she believes," McCain said. "And you need to know now, before it is time to choose." Later, he added: "There are essential things that we don't know about Sen. Obama or the record he brings to this campaign."

Hey Sen. McCain, if you want to know something about Barack Obama, why not ask him tomorrow? Or you could listen to his debate answers. Or read his books, or look at his website. What are these "essential things" that are so mysterious to you about where he came from or what he believes?

Full post as published by TalkLeft on October 06, 2008 (boomark / email).